Baseball - Inning 6, The National Pastime (1940-1950) [VHS]
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Actor: Charles McDowell, Daniel Okrent, George Will, John Chancellor, Ossie DavisEdition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 1140 minutes
Release Date: 1994-09-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
Summary of Baseball - Inning 6, The National Pastime (1940-1950) [VHS]
After the national success of his 11-hour epic, The Civil War--the highest-rated miniseries in public-television history--many wondered if Ken Burns could capture the same energy and passion with smaller subjects. His reply, the 18-hour history of America's greatest sport, Baseball, not only quieted these worries, it also perhaps surpassed his prior achievement. Massive in scope (it covers more than 100 years), exhausting in detail, and filled with celebrities, journalists, politicians, historians, and the men who played the game, Burns's romantic love letter to the game achieves the impossible: even those who hate baseball can't help but become immersed in it. This is because Burns doesn't just detail the great players and the memorable plays and games; he also presents baseball as a cultural and social mirror, reflecting the beauty and hypocrisy of the nation that created it. Divided into nine innings, two hours each in length, the video examines complex social issues such as segregation, racial inequality (its section on Jackie Robinson, baseball's first African American player, should be required school viewing), labor battles between owners and players, politics, technology and gender conflicts, among others. Then, of course, there's fascinating footage and biographies on the players--troubled icons such as Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb, heroes such as Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle, and tragic figures such as Pete Rose and Lou Gehrig--the men who, despite a rocky and often hypocritical history, constructed baseball's tradition and preserved its invincibility. --Dave McCoySimilar DVD Movies
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